Mortality in patients with community-onset pneumonia at low risk of drug-resistant pathogens: Impact of β-lactam plus macrolide combination therapy.
Junya OkumuraYuichiro ShindoKunihiko TakahashiMasahiro SanoYasuteru SuginoTetsuya YagiHiroyuki TaniguchiHideo SakaShigeyuki MatsuiYoshinori Hasegawanull nullPublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2017)
In patients with community-onset pneumonia at low DRP risk, BLM treatment reduced 30-day mortality compared with BL. Independent risk factors for mortality are potential confounding factors when assessing antibiotic effects in randomized clinical trials.